This album is Lajon Witherspoon's. The way this guy sings makes ''average'' songs like ''Picture Perfect'' and ''Cold As War'' so much better than they really are. The album also contains some of the band's best songs to date: ''Faithless'', ''Decay'' and ''Got a Feeling''.

Maybe it's just because the improvement is so huge, but this album really impressed me. It's really simple but it's really passionate and layered. Some instrumental moments like in ''Go To Hell, For Heaven's Sake'' or ''And The Snake Starts To Sing'' really made me question if this was the band that wrote awful songs like ''Diamonds Aren't Forever''.

The thing I hate with this album is the song titles which are a real b*itch to remember. Other than that, I can't find much to dislike here. I'm not a big fan of the last 2 songs which are more doom/sludge type tracks (not really my style). That can change with time too. This album is intense, technical and beautiful, often at the same time. Favorites are ''Mesopelagic: Into The Uncanny'', ''Bathyapelagic: Impasses'' and ''Abyssopelagic: Signals of Anxiety''.

Good list. Pelagial is a Great Album. If this were my list would have no choice to include Heaven Shall Burn's Veto, Deafheaven's Sunbather and Intronaut's Habitual Levitations but thats just what I would do.